@alchymyth: yes, you’re right it is a badly edited theme and this isn’t the first issue I’ve had with it. I did go in and make the change you recommended.
@home-remedy: there was a change made earlier this week to the product page for the retail portion of the website and the issue with the blog showed up shortly after. i’ve had such a spotty and challenging relationship with the person who designed the site that after the fix on the product page I decided I could no longer work with him. And then of course I saw the blog. sigh…